Damon Young – Chautauqua Literary & Science Circle Presentation

Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle Presentation — That’s How They Get You: An Unruly Anthology of Black American Humor edited by Damon Young

That’s How They Get You, forthcoming from Pantheon on June 3, 2025, is a pioneering collection of Black humor from some of the most acclaimed writers and performers at work today. Within, a critic explores the paradox of finding community in “the dozens” while grieving. A violent town ritual causes an all-too-familiar moral panic. An email thread between friends on why we need an updated Green Book but for public toilets. All across the nation, “Karens” become illegal overnight. These are just a few of the hilarious worlds contained in Damon Young’s groundbreaking anthology featuring the best, funniest, and Blackest essays, short stories, letters, and rants.

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